EP0562854A1 - Electrical connector - Google Patents
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- EP0562854A1 EP0562854A1 EP19930302289 EP93302289A EP0562854A1 EP 0562854 A1 EP0562854 A1 EP 0562854A1 EP 19930302289 EP19930302289 EP 19930302289 EP 93302289 A EP93302289 A EP 93302289A EP 0562854 A1 EP0562854 A1 EP 0562854A1
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- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
- H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
- H01R13/6275—Latching arms not integral with the housing
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/70—Coupling devices
- H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
- H01R12/7011—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
- H01R12/707—Soldering or welding
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/70—Coupling devices
- H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
- H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
- H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
- H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
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- the present invention relates to an electrical connector for allowing a digital signal transfer between circuit boards in a digital data processing apparatus such as a personal computer or in a digital communications apparatus.
- the length of the contacts is so designed as to be made shorter for the purpose of suppressing any crosstalk among those contacts in a high-density array.
- the shortening of the length of the contacts decreases a mechanical connection force acting between the plug connector and the receptacle connector. This makes it difficult to secure a positive electrical connection between the two circuit boards.
- a connector device comprises: a first nonconductive body having a plurality of first contacts molded therein; a first metal body supporting the first nonconductive body in an electrically non-contacting relation to the first contacts and attached to a first circuit board; a pair of elastic members detachably mounted one at each end of the first metal body and having an elastic force acting in a direction of the first contacts; a second nonconductive body having a plurality of second contacts molded therein; a second metal body matingly connected to the first metal body to support the second nonconductive body in an electrically non-contacting relation to the second contacts and to connect together the first and second contacts, the second metal body being attached to a second circuit board; and a pair of fixing members detachably mounted one at each end of the second metal body and elastically held between the paired elastic members so that the second metal body is fixed to the first metal body.
- At least one of the first and second metal bodies may have a nonconductive member for positioning the contacts.
- the paired elastic members for the first metal body elastically hold the paired fixing members for the second metal body so that the first and second metal bodies are mechanically connected to each other.
- the size of a whole connector can be minimized with no sacrifice of an insertion force on the contacts.
- the two circuit boards can be positively connected to each other.
- the fixing member and elastic member are detachably mounted relative to the metal body and can readily be detached, depending upon the use to which the connector is put.
- an electrical connector 2 of the present invention is comprised of a two-piece type connector having a plug 6 to be attached to the edge of a mother board 4 and a receptacle 10 to be attached to the edge of a daughter board 8. These two connectors 6 and 10 can be matingly connected to each other.
- the mother board 4 and daughter board 8 are incorporated into, for example, a notebook computer.
- X shows the longitudinal direction of the connectors 6 and 10
- Y shows a direction in which the connectors 6 and 10 are matingly connected to each other
- Z shows the thickness direction of these boards.
- the end edge 4c of the mother board 4 has a pair of cutouts 12, 12 for mating connection of the plug 6.
- Solder pads 14 are arranged on the edge portion 4c of the mother board 4 at an area between the cutouts 12 and 12. Screw holes 18 are provided at these areas of the mother board 4 in the neighborhood of the cutouts 12 so that the plug 6 is secured, by screws 16a, in place.
- the plug 6 has an outer metal body, that is, a metal frame 20, and upper and lower insulating resin bodies 22a and 22b inserted into the metal frame 20.
- Those plug contact rows 24a and 24b are arranged as two arrays on the insulating resin bodies 22a and 22b in the X direction of the plug 6 such that they are molded in a blade-like fashion in the insulating resin bodies 22a and 22b.
- the two arrays of blade-like plug terminals 24a and 24b are arranged in a mutually parallel way at a middle of the Z-direction height of the connector 6.
- Ground terminals 26 are inserted between the plug terminal arrays 24a and 24b.
- Mount lugs 28 L-shaped in cross-section extend one at each end of the metal frame 20 and each have a screw hole 30 at one section corresponding to the screw hole 18 in the mother board 4 and a screw hole 34 at the other section corresponding to the screw hole 34 for mounting a plug-side metal latch member 32.
- the plug-side metal latch members 32 and 32 have latch sections 32a and 32 between which the metal frame 20 is sandwiched in the X direction.
- the plug-side metal latch members further have fixed sections 32b.
- the forward end portion of the latch section 32a is folded back toward the mother board 4 side.
- the fixed section 32b has a screw hole 36 corresponding to the screw hole 34 of the mount lug 28.
- the fixed section 32b of the latch member 32 is secured to the mount lug 28 by inserting a screw 38a through the screw holes 36 and 34 and threadably connecting it to a nut 38c with a washer 38b set therebetween. In this state, the pair of latch sections 32a can be elastically displaced in the X direction.
- a forward end of a screw 16a is inserted into the corresponding screw hole 18 in the mother board 4 and screw hole 30 in the fixed section of the mount lug 28 and is threadably attached to a mother board mount section, not shown, at a predetermined place in a notebook computer.
- the screw 16a performs a double function of fixing the plug 6 to the mother board 4 and fixedly supporting the mother board 4 on the notebook computer.
- a pair of guide pins 40 are projected, in the Y direction, at the middle of the metal frame 20.
- solder pads 42a are provided at an end edge portion 8c of the daughter board 8.
- a screw hole 46 for fixing the receptacle 10 in place by a screw 44a is provided at each side portion of an array of the solder pads 42.
- the receptacle 10 has an outside metal body, that is, a metal frame 48 and 2 rows ⁇ 2 columns inside insulating resin bodies (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) inserted into the metal frame 48.
- the receptacle connector 10 preferably further includes 2 rows of top insulating resin bodies 52a and 52b matingly connected to the top section of the metal frame 48.
- Receptacle contact rows 54a, 54b, 54c and 54d are molded in the inside bodies 50a to 50d such that they are arranged along the X direction of the receptacle 10.
- the receptacle terminal rows 54a, ..., 54d are arranged in 2 rows ⁇ 2 columns in a manner to correspond to the inside bodies 50a, ..., 50d with the terminal rows 54a and 54b set as an upper array and the terminal rows 54c and 54d set as a lower array.
- Projections 56 are provided at the top wall of the metal frame 48 so that they are fitted into the top insulating resin bodies 52a and 52b.
- Holes 58 are provided between both the ends of top insulating resin bodies 52a and 52b so that the projections 56 of the metal frame 48 are fitted into the holes 58.
- Holes 60 are arranged along the X direction of the bodies 52a and 52b and allow the forward ends of the receptacle terminals in the respective rows 54a, ..., 54d to be inserted therethrough and these terminal rows 54a, ..., 54d to be located there.
- Guide holes 62 are further provided at the middle of the bodies 52a and 52b to allow the guide pin 40 of the plug 6 to engage therewith.
- the metal frame 20 of the plug 6 can be fitted into the top bodies 52a and 52b.
- the upper terminal rows 54a and 54b and lower terminal rows 54c and 54d are positioned by the top bodies 52a and 52b in a manner to face each other in a spaced-apart relation.
- Ground terminals 64 are inserted between the upper receptacle terminal rows 54a, 54b and the lower receptacle terminal rows 54c, 54d.
- the blade-like plug terminal rows (22a, 22b) can be matingly connected between the upper receptacle terminal row and the lower receptacle terminal row.
- Plate-like mount lugs 66 extend at the lower surfaces of both the end portions of the metal frame 48 and each have a screw hole 68 corresponding to the screw hole 46 of the daughter board 8.
- a pair of receptacle-side metal latch members 70, 70 each, have a latch section 70a on one end, that is, on the mother board 4 side, a handle section 70c on the other end, that is, on the daughter board side, and a leaf spring section 70b between the latch section 70a and the handle section 70c, all these sections being formed as an integral unit.
- a screw hole 72 is provided as a curved section at the leaf spring section 70b such that it corresponds to the screw hole 68 of the mount lug 66 and screw hole 46 of the daughter board 8.
- the forward end portion of the latch section 70a is folded back toward the daughter board side. This folded-back section of the latch section 70a is latched to a folded-back section of latch section 32a of a plug-side latch member 32.
- the forward end portion of the handle section 70c is folded back toward the mother board 4 side and has such a configuration as to be readier to handle by hand.
- the respective metal latch member 70 is formed, by a striking/bending method, from one elastic metal sheet.
- the screw 44a is sequentially inserted through the screw holes 72, 46 and 68 so that its forward end is threadably mounted on the daughter board's mount area (not shown) at a proper place in the notebook computer.
- the metal frame 48 of the receptacle connector 10 is fixed to the daughter board 8 so that the latch member 70 is journaled relative to the daughter board 8.
- the latch section 70a is elastically displaceable in the X direction, noting that unless any manual external force is exerted on the latch member 70 the paired latch sections 70a are elastically urged, through the journalling of the latch member, in a direction to be moved toward each other.
- the resin bodies 22a, 22b and 50a to 50d and 52a, 52b of the connectors 6 and 10 prevent contact from being made between the terminal rows 24a, 24b, 54a to 54d and the metal frames 20, 48 and prevent short-circuiting between their terminals.
- These resin bodies are made of proper resin, such as polyamide resin and Zytel FR-50 commercially available under the trade name manufactured by E.I.Du Pont de Nemours & Co.
- Solder tails 74a of the upper plug terminal row 22a and those (not shown) of the lower plug terminal row 22b for the plug 6 are soldered to solder pads 14 of a circuit on one surface 4a of the mother board 4 and solder pads (not shown) of a circuit on the other surface 4b of the mother board.
- solder tails 76a, 76b of the receptacle terminals on the receptacle connector 10 are soldered to the corresponding solder pads 42 of both surfaces 8a, 8b of the circuits of the daughter board 8, only one 8a of these surfaces being shown for brevity's sake.
- the latch section-to-latch section distance can be made greater by manually pushing the handle sections 70c of the paired receptacle-side metal latch members 70 inward.
- the plug 6 is matingly connected to the receptacle 10 and hence the plug connection terminal rows are connected to the receptacle connection terminal rows.
- the forward end portion of the receptacle-side latch section 32a is latched to the forward end portion of the plug-side latch section 70a.
- the plug 6 is positively mechanically connected to the receptacle 10.
- the mother board 4 is horizontally connected to the daughter board 8 through the connectors 6 and 10.
- the latch members 32 and 70 can be detached from the rest of the connector device so that it can be used in the same way as a conventional connector.
- the plug connector 6 and receptacle 10 may be connected to the daughter board 8 and mother board 4, respectively.
- mount lug 66 and metal latch member 70 may be provided on the plug 6 and the mount lug 28 and metal latch member 32 may be provided on the receptacle 10.
- nonconductive members for positioning the connection terminals may be provided not only on the metal frame 48 but also on the metal frame 20 of the plug 6.
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Description
- The present invention relates to an electrical connector for allowing a digital signal transfer between circuit boards in a digital data processing apparatus such as a personal computer or in a digital communications apparatus.
- In a digital data processing apparatus or a digital communications apparatus, there is a growing demand for a high-speed signal transfer, for a high density terminal array for signal input and output and for the downsizing of an apparatus involved.
- With an electrical connector used as a board-to-board interconnect system, a demand has also been made for an increase in the number of contacts involved, for a high pitch array of contacts involved and for a decrease in the size of the connector. In order to satisfy these demands, there is a risk that a mechanical connection force will be somewhat sacrificed, and also there is a difficult situation in which electrical connection needs to be ensured between a board and a board.
- In the connector with a high density array of contacts, for example, the length of the contacts is so designed as to be made shorter for the purpose of suppressing any crosstalk among those contacts in a high-density array. The shortening of the length of the contacts decreases a mechanical connection force acting between the plug connector and the receptacle connector. This makes it difficult to secure a positive electrical connection between the two circuit boards.
- It is accordingly the object of the present invention to provide an electrical connector which ensures an increase in the number of contacts involved, narrowing of their pitch in a contact array, and positive electrical connection between the circuit boards.
- A connector device according to the present invention comprises:
a first nonconductive body having a plurality of first contacts molded therein;
a first metal body supporting the first nonconductive body in an electrically non-contacting relation to the first contacts and attached to a first circuit board;
a pair of elastic members detachably mounted one at each end of the first metal body and having an elastic force acting in a direction of the first contacts;
a second nonconductive body having a plurality of second contacts molded therein;
a second metal body matingly connected to the first metal body to support the second nonconductive body in an electrically non-contacting relation to the second contacts and to connect together the first and second contacts, the second metal body being attached to a second circuit board; and
a pair of fixing members detachably mounted one at each end of the second metal body and elastically held between the paired elastic members so that the second metal body is fixed to the first metal body. - At least one of the first and second metal bodies may have a nonconductive member for positioning the contacts.
- According to the connector of the present invention, the paired elastic members for the first metal body elastically hold the paired fixing members for the second metal body so that the first and second metal bodies are mechanically connected to each other.
- Even in the connector having many contacts in a narrow-pitch array, the size of a whole connector can be minimized with no sacrifice of an insertion force on the contacts. Thus the two circuit boards can be positively connected to each other.
- The fixing member and elastic member are detachably mounted relative to the metal body and can readily be detached, depending upon the use to which the connector is put.
- This invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a plug connector in Fig. 1; and
- Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a receptacle connector in Fig. 1.
- In Fig. 1, an electrical connector 2 of the present invention is comprised of a two-piece type connector having a
plug 6 to be attached to the edge of amother board 4 and areceptacle 10 to be attached to the edge of adaughter board 8. These twoconnectors mother board 4 anddaughter board 8 are incorporated into, for example, a notebook computer. - In Figures, X shows the longitudinal direction of the
connectors connectors - Referring to Fig. 2, the end edge 4c of the
mother board 4 has a pair ofcutouts plug 6.Solder pads 14 are arranged on the edge portion 4c of themother board 4 at an area between thecutouts holes 18 are provided at these areas of themother board 4 in the neighborhood of thecutouts 12 so that theplug 6 is secured, byscrews 16a, in place. - The
plug 6 has an outer metal body, that is, ametal frame 20, and upper and lowerinsulating resin bodies metal frame 20. - Those
plug contact rows insulating resin bodies plug 6 such that they are molded in a blade-like fashion in theinsulating resin bodies like plug terminals connector 6.Ground terminals 26 are inserted between theplug terminal arrays - Mount lugs 28 L-shaped in cross-section extend one at each end of the
metal frame 20 and each have a screw hole 30 at one section corresponding to thescrew hole 18 in themother board 4 and ascrew hole 34 at the other section corresponding to thescrew hole 34 for mounting a plug-sidemetal latch member 32. - The plug-side
metal latch members latch sections metal frame 20 is sandwiched in the X direction. The plug-side metal latch members further have fixedsections 32b. The forward end portion of thelatch section 32a is folded back toward themother board 4 side. Thefixed section 32b has ascrew hole 36 corresponding to thescrew hole 34 of themount lug 28. Thefixed section 32b of thelatch member 32 is secured to themount lug 28 by inserting ascrew 38a through thescrew holes nut 38c with awasher 38b set therebetween. In this state, the pair oflatch sections 32a can be elastically displaced in the X direction. - A forward end of a
screw 16a is inserted into thecorresponding screw hole 18 in themother board 4 and screw hole 30 in the fixed section of themount lug 28 and is threadably attached to a mother board mount section, not shown, at a predetermined place in a notebook computer. Thus, thescrew 16a performs a double function of fixing theplug 6 to themother board 4 and fixedly supporting themother board 4 on the notebook computer. - A pair of
guide pins 40 are projected, in the Y direction, at the middle of themetal frame 20. - Referring to Fig. 3, solder pads 42a are provided at an
end edge portion 8c of thedaughter board 8. Ascrew hole 46 for fixing thereceptacle 10 in place by ascrew 44a is provided at each side portion of an array of thesolder pads 42. - The
receptacle 10 has an outside metal body, that is, ametal frame 48 and 2 rows × 2 columns inside insulating resin bodies (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) inserted into themetal frame 48. Thereceptacle connector 10 preferably further includes 2 rows of topinsulating resin bodies metal frame 48. -
Receptacle contact rows receptacle 10. The receptacle terminal rows 54a, ..., 54d are arranged in 2 rows × 2 columns in a manner to correspond to the inside bodies 50a, ..., 50d with theterminal rows 54a and 54b set as an upper array and theterminal rows -
Projections 56 are provided at the top wall of themetal frame 48 so that they are fitted into the topinsulating resin bodies -
Holes 58 are provided between both the ends of topinsulating resin bodies projections 56 of themetal frame 48 are fitted into theholes 58.Holes 60 are arranged along the X direction of thebodies Guide holes 62 are further provided at the middle of thebodies guide pin 40 of theplug 6 to engage therewith. Themetal frame 20 of theplug 6 can be fitted into thetop bodies - The
upper terminal rows 54a and 54b andlower terminal rows top bodies Ground terminals 64 are inserted between the upperreceptacle terminal rows 54a, 54b and the lowerreceptacle terminal rows - Plate-
like mount lugs 66 extend at the lower surfaces of both the end portions of themetal frame 48 and each have ascrew hole 68 corresponding to thescrew hole 46 of thedaughter board 8. - A pair of receptacle-side
metal latch members latch section 70a on one end, that is, on themother board 4 side, ahandle section 70c on the other end, that is, on the daughter board side, and aleaf spring section 70b between thelatch section 70a and thehandle section 70c, all these sections being formed as an integral unit. Ascrew hole 72 is provided as a curved section at theleaf spring section 70b such that it corresponds to thescrew hole 68 of themount lug 66 andscrew hole 46 of thedaughter board 8. - The forward end portion of the
latch section 70a is folded back toward the daughter board side. This folded-back section of thelatch section 70a is latched to a folded-back section oflatch section 32a of a plug-side latch member 32. The forward end portion of thehandle section 70c is folded back toward themother board 4 side and has such a configuration as to be readier to handle by hand. - The respective
metal latch member 70 is formed, by a striking/bending method, from one elastic metal sheet. - The
screw 44a is sequentially inserted through the screw holes 72, 46 and 68 so that its forward end is threadably mounted on the daughter board's mount area (not shown) at a proper place in the notebook computer. By so doing, themetal frame 48 of thereceptacle connector 10 is fixed to thedaughter board 8 so that thelatch member 70 is journaled relative to thedaughter board 8. In this state, thelatch section 70a is elastically displaceable in the X direction, noting that unless any manual external force is exerted on thelatch member 70 the pairedlatch sections 70a are elastically urged, through the journalling of the latch member, in a direction to be moved toward each other. - The
resin bodies connectors terminal rows - Connecting together the
mother board 4 and thedaughter board 8 by the connector 2 will be explained below. - Solder tails 74a of the upper
plug terminal row 22a and those (not shown) of the lowerplug terminal row 22b for theplug 6 are soldered tosolder pads 14 of a circuit on onesurface 4a of themother board 4 and solder pads (not shown) of a circuit on theother surface 4b of the mother board. Similarly,solder tails 76a, 76b of the receptacle terminals on thereceptacle connector 10 are soldered to thecorresponding solder pads 42 of bothsurfaces daughter board 8, only one 8a of these surfaces being shown for brevity's sake. - The latch section-to-latch section distance can be made greater by manually pushing the
handle sections 70c of the paired receptacle-sidemetal latch members 70 inward. In this state, theplug 6 is matingly connected to thereceptacle 10 and hence the plug connection terminal rows are connected to the receptacle connection terminal rows. Upon the release of the manual pressure on thehandle section 70c of themetal latch member 70, the forward end portion of the receptacle-side latch section 32a is latched to the forward end portion of the plug-side latch section 70a. By so doing, theplug 6 is positively mechanically connected to thereceptacle 10. Thus themother board 4 is horizontally connected to thedaughter board 8 through theconnectors - If there is no need of so much strength as to connect together the
connectors boards latch members - The present invention is not restricted to the aforementioned embodiment and various changes or modifications of the present invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
- In the aforementioned embodiment, for example, the
plug connector 6 andreceptacle 10 may be connected to thedaughter board 8 andmother board 4, respectively. - Or the
mount lug 66 andmetal latch member 70 may be provided on theplug 6 and themount lug 28 andmetal latch member 32 may be provided on thereceptacle 10. - In the aforementioned embodiment, nonconductive members for positioning the connection terminals may be provided not only on the
metal frame 48 but also on themetal frame 20 of theplug 6.
Claims (2)
- An electrical connector for connecting a first circuit board (4) to a second board (8), comprising:
a first nonconductive body (22a, 22b) having a plurality of first contacts (24a, 24b) molded therein;
a first metal body (20) supporting the first nonconductive body (22a, 22b) in an electrically non-contacting relation to the first contacts (24a, 24b) and attached to the first circuit board (4); and
a second nonconductive body (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) having a plurality of second contacts (54a, 54b, 54c, 54d) molded therein;
a second metal body (48) matingly connected to the first metal body (20) to support the second nonconductive body (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) in an electrically non-contacting relation to the second contacts (54a, 54b, 54c, 54d) and to connect together the first and second contacts (24a, 24b, 54a, 54b, 54c, 54d), the second metal body (48) being attached to the second circuit board (8);
characterized by
a pair of elastic members (32) detachably mounted one at each end of the first metal body (20) and having an elastic force acting in a direction of the first contacts (24a, 24b); and
a pair of fixing members (70) detachably mounted one at each end of the second metal body (48) and elastically held between the paired elastic members (32) so that the second metal body (48) is fixed to the first metal body (20). - The electrical connector according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the first and second metal bodies (20, 48) has a nonconductive member (52a, 52b) for positioning the contacts.
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